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Filter by:The response to COVID-19 means social isolation/distancing for the majority of the UK. This has the potential to negatively affect all domains of quality of life (QoL). QoL can be improved by giving feedback on gaps between someone's perceived QoL in a domain and how important it is to them (plus prompting reflective questions). However, interventions that are designed to improve QoL may increase the effectiveness of this as optimised behaviour change techniques can be used. This study aims to develop and test a quality of life intervention during social isolation/distancing.
This study builds on earlier work assessing the impact of kindness media on viewers' emotional responses. Using images of kindness and connection, as well as other content, we will test its impact on emotions and behavior in the field. The setting is in healthcare, specifically a pediatric dental clinic. Using simple scales, participants anonymously rate themselves on a variety of emotions, watch a television for 8 minutes, and then complete the self-assessment. An honorarium is provided for participation.
For this study, community participants will visit the PI's psychophysiology lab for a single experimental session. In this study, participants will complete pre-task questionnaires (trait measures), and a brief mood measure, followed by a task training in which a research assistant describes and gives examples of cognitive reappraisal in response to negative images. Participants are then randomly assigned to positive or neutral emotion induction conditions, to be delivered by virtual reality. Then, participants complete an event-related, picture-based cognitive reappraisal task for 30-45 minutes, during which skin conductance level will be collected. Following the task, participants will once again respond to a mood measure, and answer a series of questions regarding the task they have completed, including difficulty of regulation, or any images that were personally relevant. The investigators predict that the positive emotion induction will result in powerful effects on self-reported emotion and skin conductance, which may or may not interact with the cognitive reappraisal condition.
The scientific purpose of the Children's Harbor True North evaluation study is to use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to analyze the effects produced by True North and compare the outcomes of the program and comparison groups. The type of research for the RCT impact evaluation is behavioral. The goal of the True North grant program is to successfully guide young adults who are randomly assigned to the program group through the transition from the foster care system to adulthood. The objectives of the True North program are to: 1) offer targeted, evidence-based healthy relationship interventions to the program group; 2) offer financial literacy to the program group in order for the participants to achieve greater economic stability; 3) provide job readiness sessions and connect the program group to subsidized and unsubsidized employment opportunities; and 4) match the young adults in the program group with a mentor to provide a permanent connection for guidance with relationship and financial issues. The overall hypothesis is that participation in the True North program will increase the likelihood that the young adults will improve their relationships, improve their financial and employment stability, and improve their wellbeing.
The purpose of this study is to characterize the existing health behaviors and obstacles to healthy lifestyle among the medical staff in a maternity ward in order to develop a specifically-tailored intervention to help improve the health behaviors of hospital shift workers.The findings will be used to establish a community-based participatory health-promoting program in the ward, engaging the staff in its development and implementation.
Understanding how different types of visual prompts and props could impact handwashing practices in humanitarian emergency settings could allow organisations managing camps to deliver hygiene interventions tailored to populations in humanitarian crises. The study aims to test how liquid soap, bar soap and the use of a mirror could impact handwashing behaviours. As such, this research could lead to participants increased handwashing, which should lead to decreased disease transmission of important infectious diseases. With the compliance of NGOs, and the working relationship that will be formed, the results of the research will be shared directly with them. It is likely they will immediately act on any findings.
Stunting is still a major problem in developing countries, including Indonesia, and has been associated with impaired development. Stunted children have also a higher risk of metabolic syndrome in adulthood. The gut microbiota, as a part of intestinal integrity, may promote intake of nutrient during childhood. Probiotics supplementation may optimize the balance of gut microbiota and further improve child growth during the window period. Furthermore, calcium could also improve child growth by increasing the resistance to intestinal infection. However, the long-term effects of gut microbiota optimization during childhood using probiotics and calcium on growth, development, and the metabolic condition has not widely studied.
In this study we aim to study the effectiveness of a specially designed 21 day Brush Day and Night programme for school children aged 6-9 which aims to establish the habit of twice a day toothbrushing for oral health. The 21 day programme is led primarily by teachers with support from a oral health care professional. Schools will be recruited in Indonesia and Nigeria to take part in the study. Half of the schools will run the 21 day programme with their children in school grades 1 to 3, half will act as a control.
Over a 12-week period the investigators will test whether, compared to the Waitlist-Control (WC) condition, administration of the full CRSR intervention improves participants self-reported outcomes of stress, self-efficacy, mindfulness, use of mindfulness strategies, and knowledge. The investigators also will examine the usability, cultural relevance, and user satisfaction.
The overall aim of this program of research is to decrease anxiety in urogical scheduled patients for surgical intervention developing an nursing comunication instrument: a Guide of Hosting for urogical scheduled patients for surgical intervention.